Yes, you have a good point there!The Hager meters are around 3 times the price of a standard meter.
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Yes, you have a good point there!The Hager meters are around 3 times the price of a standard meter.
Yes. Why I was called!For a kitchen circuit? toaster and kettle.... pop!
Just shows that wylex breakers do NOT fit an MK board
That's assuming they knew such a thing was available. I've come across a few sparkys who have no idea what's available - and won't enquire. One example :But equally it seems strange to have dangling Henleys and the external meter when they could have got the meter kit for the Hager board...
I like the way they carefully notched the plastic to achieve a perfect fit ...Yes. Why I was called!
PTFE......plumbers tape for everythingIs the thread wrapped in ptfe tape to make it fit tighter?!
Met a few like that brilliant at what they could do, but when you need to think outside the box a bit to find solution absolutely pants.TBH, his workmanship was top notch, he was just an idiot who didn't understand how sectioned trunking works or what's available.
Good haul, remind me not to visit.some diy disasters for your viewing pleasure.View attachment 63983
This one is from a factory how many bodges!
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Mm earth not long enough then!
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Yes that is 1.5mm t&e into .75mm flex from a 30a ring final?
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Same again mix of .75 and 1mm flex feeding multiple socket outlets all off 3036 30a fuse!
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Pond spaghetti anyone, all outside in a dripping wet brick pillar no rcd all in 1.5 t&e no earth connected and the black flex was cut off in the garden still live inches from metal railings around the pond. Lethal! All this was also from 3036 30a fuse. Not any more all removed!
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Ohh dear, time for a rewire then.
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The electrical equivalent of "Its just a flesh wound"?bit ofsleevingtape on that will be fine.
yeah, it's only 2 arms.The electrical equivalent of "Its just a flesh wound"?
So they are normal non-sealed boxes with some attempt to pot with resin or whatever?yes that is a flex through a SWA gland with some tape to thicken it up.
Galv Tees with some form of resin poorly poured. Best thing about the job is the Wagos. Honestly I’ve spent a day trying to break this circuit down, from the R1R2 reading we estimate this circuit is about 250 metres long 2.5mm lighting circuit.So they are normal non-sealed boxes with some attempt to pot with resin or whatever?
That wiring is still good for another 30 seconds
Yes, I remember it as well. The 62nd day of my Y2K hangover...Ah..... the 62nd of January, 2000..... what a day!
Try waiting for an appointment for a consultant to let you drive after an operation.I always thought January seemed like a long month.
looks good.Haha the bollard slides over the Wiska box. All stays sealed and accessible
I normally will use the Piranha nuts mate, wholesalers run out though and this was sort of dropped on me yesterday. Banjos are bolted on the outside rear of the Wiska box, bit rough, but all I could do with what was availableI do love the storm glands they are great, much better than the cw ones. @ChrisElectrical88 do you not use the wiska earthing plates or piranha nuts for the swa glands? They too make life soo much easier!
Yep, piranhas don't fit. Also the Wiska earth bars are different for the two sizes of boxes ( ask me how I found out)Didn't think earthing nuts fitted those boxes which is why Wiska developed those earthing plates.
I normally will use the Piranha nuts mate, wholesalers run out though and this was sort of dropped on me yesterday. Banjos are bolted on the outside rear of the Wiska box, bit rough, but all I could do with what was available
I nearly always have two black Wiska 308s and a couple of packs of earthing plates, they can get you out of all sorts.Curious to know if most Sparks keep a stock of items like this, if they're only used periodically, or if they prefer to buy as and when required?
Not trying to be critical, but genuinely curious about the approach that people take. My mindset demands that every possible eventuality is covered in my own work, rather than having to run errands, but the downside of that is having a lot of money tied up all the time.
I nearly always have two black Wiska 308s and a couple of packs of earthing plates, they can get you out of all sorts.
Unbelievable isn’t it, we all need to wholesaler runs but I’m on a job with kitchen/bathroom installation with a company I’ve not worked with before and they are taking the p**s with timescale and progression of job when they were pressuring me with the electrics I’ve done a couple of late nights to ensure their next day isn’t hampered and then they let customer down and turn up for little bit swan off and is frustrating anyway rant over wrong thread to rant ??It was this thread that got me thinking, but over the years the tradesmen I've employed generally have to run to a wholesaler, even on relatively minor jobs.
Last year I had a tiler stretch an estimated 2 day job to 5 days, with probably 8-10 wholesaler runs in total. Don't ask me what a tiler could possibly need that necessitated so many supply runs!
Unbelievable isn’t it, we all need to wholesaler runs but I’m on a job with kitchen/bathroom installation with a company I’ve not worked with before and they are taking the p**s with timescale and progression of job when they were pressuring me with the electrics I’ve done a couple of late nights to ensure their next day isn’t hampered and then they let customer down and turn up for little bit swan off and is frustrating anyway rant over wrong thread to rant ??
Correct, the nuts dont fit that size of Wiska boxDidn't think earthing nuts fitted those boxes which is why Wiska developed those earthing plates.
We keep several sizes of Wiska box on the van in black and white. Earthing nuts, gel, 20 x wago boxes in lite and normal, large Wago boxes and Hager MF boxes etc. Saying that the nearest wholesaler is 1.45 hours away so we cant just 'nip anywhere ?Curious to know if most Sparks keep a stock of items like this, if they're only used periodically, or if they prefer to buy as and when required?
Not trying to be critical, but genuinely curious about the approach that people take. My mindset demands that every possible eventuality is covered in my own work, rather than having to run errands, but the downside of that is having a lot of money tied up all the time.
I do a couple of days a week for a firm of kitchen fitters, these boys are the exception to the rule, they do a pre fit survey-usually a fortnight to a month in advance ,send me a list of currently installed accessories/CU and what condition its in (visual). I then get a copy of the drawings showing new positions and any new equipment thats to be installed along with decent photos of board etc etc allowing me to make a decision on whether the installation may need upgrading or existing can be utilised (invariably its rewired) and allowing me to get the required parts before arriving onsite .They send in a rip out crew on the Monday, taking all the old kitchen out, bash off tiles and expose any of the usually crappy previous install. I go in on Tuesday and start performing usually allowed two days to get my part done. No delays or waiting around for parts.....now working for builders/developer, thats another story ?kitchen / bathroom fitters are the worst for dragging things out , the times I made wasted trips to go to a job to find it’s no ready or the stupid fitters have forgotten to meet me and I can’t get in the house...
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